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14.ai (YC W24) is hiring engineers in SF to build an AI-native Zendesk

We are an intense, tightly-knit team based in the heart of San Francisco. Our customers range from fast-growing startups to established enterprise companies, and we obsess over listening to each of them and helping them succeed. Our development pillars are security, reliability and performance, combined with pragmatism to always find working solutions and be ultra-responsive to customer feedback and requests. Working both at the infrastructure and product level, we strive to build correct, futur

Zoox taps ex-Uber Pool exec’s startup for routing software help

When James Cox, the former leader of Uber’s ride-share product, Uber Pool, left that company in 2019, the Silicon Valley giant had abandoned its autonomous vehicle development and sold off the division entirely. While Uber Pool had struggled to take hold, Cox felt a massive opportunity had been missed: taking the core of Uber Pool’s tech and applying it to robotaxis. For the last five years, Cox has instead been running a small startup called The Routing Company, which helps transit agencies ma

Xbox unveils its Handheld Compatibility Program

Microsoft announced Wednesday during Gamescom 2025 that not only will its Xbox Ally handhelds be released on October 16, but the company is spinning up a new initiative to support optimized gaming on these devices called the Handheld Compatibility Program. The initiative seems to be similar to Valve's Steam Deck Verified , where Xbox will test games to ensure their compatibility with the new Xbox Ally handhelds. "We have worked with game studios to test, optimize, and verify thousands of games

Show HN: Strudel Flow, a pattern sequencer built with Strudel and React Flow

Strudel Flow A visual drum machine and pattern sequencer built with Strudel.cc, React Flow, and styled using Tailwind CSS and shadcn/ui. Create complex musical patterns by connecting instrument nodes to effect nodes with a drag-and-drop interface. Table of Contents Getting Started To get started, follow these steps: Install dependencies: npm install # or yarn install # or pnpm install # or bun install Run the development server: npm run dev # or yarn dev # or pnpm dev # or bun dev Tech Sta

Launch HN: Channel3 (YC S25) – A database of every product on the internet

Hi HN — we’re George and Alex, building Channel3 ( https://trychannel3.com/ ), a database of every product on the internet, searchable via text/image, and with built-in affiliate monetization. Here’s a demo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mx8FyP7KvJg It’s surprisingly hard to find good product data. If you want your software to recommend products and deep-link to merchants, you’ll quickly discover that the data you need—clean titles, normalized attributes, deduped listings, current prices and

White House Joins TikTok With New Account. Here's What It's Posted So Far

The White House has officially joined TikTok, even as the administration is trying to help determine the future of the platform in the US. So far, the TikTok account has four videos: a mix of President Donald Trump speaking, footage of the White House over music -- and the caption "We're so back." There's also a video of Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt responding with hostility to a press conference question from a New York Times reporter, which is one way to set the tone early on. As of this

Palantir stock plummets 20% from highs in longest losing streak since April 2024

Palantir shares sank into bear market territory Wednesday after six-straight days of heavy selling. The slide marks the longest such streak for the artificial intelligence software company since April 2024, and brings shares down 20% from the recent record. Shares closed in correction territory on Tuesday after accumulating a 15% loss from the highs. Palantir's slide followed a broader market selloff and came on the heels of a short-seller report from Andrew Left's Citron Research. He called t

Sequoia Backs Zed's Vision for Collaborative Coding

Nathan Sobo August 20th, 2025 Today we're announcing our $32M Series B led by Sequoia Capital with participation from our existing investors, bringing our total funding to over $42M. For the past four years, we've been building the world's fastest IDE, but that's just the foundation for what comes next. Our ultimate vision is a new way to collaborate on software, where conversations about code remain connected to the code itself, instead of being tied to aging snapshots or scattered across dif

The AI Report That’s Spooking Wall Street

A new report from MIT is casting doubt on the hype around the financial value AI brings to businesses, and may be triggering a small tech stock sell-off on Tuesday. The report, The GenAI Divide: State of AI in Business 2025, found that the promised AI gold rush isn’t paying off for most companies yet. Despite the major push to adopt AI tools in the corporate world, fewer than one in ten AI pilot programs have generated real revenue gains. The rest are having no impact on a company’s bottom lin

Zuckerberg's Huge AI Push Is Already Crumbling Into Chaos

Just a few months into Meta's multi-billion-dollar AI moonshot, CEO Mark Zuckerberg is already shaking up his "Superintelligence Lab" — and some of its longtime leaders are leaving amid the chaos. As the New York Times reports based on insider sources, Meta has announced internally that it will be splitting its AI division into four separate groups: one focused on research, one on so-called "superintelligence," one on products, and another on infrastructure. First leaked in part to The Informa

Amazon goes after the iPad market as it plans $400 Android tablet

Amazon Fire tablets have so far been cheap and cheerful devices, often bought for children. Running a heavily-customized version of Android known as Fire OS, they haven’t achieved much traction in the market … The company is now hoping to change all that with a new tablet aiming to compete in the same premium market as the base model iPad. Reuters doesn’t have many details, but says that it will run a more standard version of Android and will cost around $400. As part of a project known inter

Google says Steph Curry will use its AI to get better at basketball

Google has announced a multi-year partnership with Steph Curry at its Made by Google event, and as part of that team-up, it says the NBA superstar will use AI from Google Cloud to improve his performance on the court. Yep, the company is claiming that Google Cloud AI can help the four-time NBA champ, two-time MVP and two-time scoring champion get even better at basketball. According to the company, AI insights can analyze his shot quality as well as sharpen his workout plans. Google's AI Basketb

Microsoft investigates outage impacting Copilot, Office.com

Microsoft is investigating an ongoing issue preventing users across North America from accessing Office.com and the company's Copilot AI-powered assistant. According to user reports on DownDetector, this incident began impacting Microsoft's services almost two hours ago and is currently triggering server connection problems and causing issues when trying to log into accounts. "Impact is specific to some users attempting to access Office.com and m365.cloud.microsoft. The majority of reports are

Xbox Ally handhelds will be available October 16, but we still don't know the price

Xbox gamers will have a new option for taking their library on the go this fall. During Gamescom 2025, ASUS revealed that the Xbox Ally handheld consoles will be on store shelves on October 16. We heard a thorough explanation of the specs and availability for the ROG Xbox Ally and ROG Xbox Ally X this summer, but the arrival date is the only new info to come from the major gaming event in Cologne. There's still no price available for these handhelds, but we expect to receive that critical detai

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AI Isn’t Coming for Hollywood. It's Already Arrived

Lady Gaga probably wasn’t thinking that a coup would unfold in her greenhouse. Then again, she was cohosting a party there with Sean Parker, the billionaire founder of Napster and first president of Facebook. It was February 2024, and the singer had invited guests to her $22.5 million oceanside estate in Malibu to mark the launch of a skin-care nonprofit. One of the organization’s trustees was her boyfriend, whose day job was running the Parker Foundation. In the candlelit space, beside floor-t

Zoox taps ex-UberPool exec’s startup for routing software help

When James Cox, the former leader of Uber’s ride-share product, UberPool, left that company in 2019, the Silicon Valley giant had abandoned its autonomous vehicle development and sold off the division entirely. While UberPool had struggled to take hold, Cox felt a massive opportunity had been missed: taking the core of UberPool’s tech and applying it to robotaxis. For the last five years Cox has instead been running a small startup called The Routing Company, which helps transit agencies match

YouTube Music could soon let you comment on playlists, here’s what we know (APK teardown)

Joe Maring / Android Authority TL;DR YouTube is working on bringing comments to YouTube Music playlists. YouTube Music already allows comments on audio, video, and podcast content. If it succeeds, YouTube might also bring comments to video playlists on the main app. Two years ago, Google rolled out YouTube’s most hotly debated feature to YouTube Music. The comments section, which is both a treasure chest of insights and a bottomless pit of bullying remarks, is currently available for audio,

Onimusha Way of the Sword Hands-On: Back to the Demon-Killing Samurai Grind

It's been 19 years since Capcom released another game progressing the story of its samurai action horror franchise, Onimusha -- but in 2026, Onimusha: Way of the Sword will arrive as the next game in the series. Ahead of Gamescom, Capcom gave US media a preview of the game with a short 15-minute demo, a mere taste to show us where the next game is going in the two decades since the last mainline Onimusha. Onimusha: Way of the Sword continues the franchise's tradition of basing characters on his

AI Isn’t Coming for Hollywood. It Has Already Arrived

Lady Gaga probably wasn’t thinking that a coup would unfold in her greenhouse. Then again, she was cohosting a party there with Sean Parker, the billionaire founder of Napster and first president of Facebook. It was February 2024, and the singer had invited guests to her $22.5 million oceanside estate in Malibu to mark the launch of a skin-care nonprofit. One of the organization’s trustees was her boyfriend, whose day job was running the Parker Foundation. In the candlelit space, beside floor-t

Finally, Notion now works without an internet connection

For years, one of the most annoying issues with using Notion was that you couldn’t get much done offline because of its cloud-first architecture. The company has finally solved that problem, adding support for an offline mode to its apps. To absolutely nobody’s surprise, the company on Tuesday said in a post announcing the update that this is one of the most requested features from users. So users can now finally view, edit and create notes without an internet connection across Notion’s deskto

SoftBank Group shares plunge over 9% as Asian tech stocks track declines in U.S. peers

The logo of Japanese company SoftBank Group is seen outside the company's headquarters in Tokyo on January 22, 2025. Other Japanese tech stocks also declined, with semiconductor giant Advantest falling as much as 6.27%. Meanwhile, shares in Renesas Electronics and Tokyo Electron were last seen trading 2.46% and 0.75% lower, respectively. The tech-focused investment firm saw shares drop for a second consecutive session, following its announcement of a $2 billion investment in Intel . Intel shar

Show HN: Hanaco Weather – A poetic weather SNS from the OS Yamato project

OS Yamato 🌸 🔗 Visit: https://hanaco875.com 📹 Launch Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JrqwU_N5WBA 📰 Featured in KrispiTech: https://krispitech.com/os-yamato-and-the-art-of-gentle-tech-where-minimalism-meets-mindfulness/ ⸻ ✨ Now Open After two and a half months of quiet, steady growth, OS Yamato has opened its gates to the world. This isn’t just software — it’s a philosophy of impermanence, care, and simplicity. ⸻ 🌿 Philosophy We believe digital memories, like real ones, shouldn’t l

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Databricks is raising a Series K Investment at >$100B valuation

SAN FRANCISCO, CA — August 19, 2025 — Databricks, the Data and AI company, today announced it has signed a term sheet for its Series K round, which it expects to close soon with backing from existing investors. This funding values the company at >$100 billion. The company expects to use the new capital to accelerate its AI strategy — expanding Agent Bricks, investing in its new database offering Lakebase, and fueling global growth. At the June Data + AI Summit, Databricks introduced a new produ

Hyperkin’s DualSense-inspired Xbox controller is finally launching this fall

is a senior reporter who’s been covering and reviewing the latest gadgets and tech since 2006, but has loved all things electronic since he was a kid. Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. There’s good news if you’re an Xbox gamer who’s longingly stared at the sleeker design of Sony’s DualSense controller for the PlayStation 5. After revealing the final form of its Competitor gamepad at CES 2025, Hyperkin has announced it will be available some

CarPlay just arrived as a free OTA update for one of the fastest-growing EVs

CarPlay has just expanded to one of the fastest-growing EVs on the market, arriving this week through a free over-the-air update. Geely may not be a household name in the United States, but it’s a major global player with ownership ties to Volvo, Polestar, Lotus, and Smart. The company’s latest electric SUV, sold in China as the Galaxy E5 and internationally as the EX5, has surged in sales and ranks high among the most popular EVs. The EX5 launched in mid-2024 and reached its 100,000th unit i

Is Meta’s Superintelligence Overhaul a Sign Its AI Goals Are Struggling?

Meta is splitting its AI division Meta Superintelligence Labs less than two months after the company announced its formation in June. The group will be split into four smaller groups, according to a New York Times report. One group will focus on AI research, another one on infrastructure and hardware projects, one on AI products, and another one on building out AI superintelligence, a hypothetical AI system that could outperform human intelligence on any and all scales. Facebook did not respon

Grammarly Pushes Beyond Proofreading With AI-Powered Writing Guidance

Grammarly is expanding beyond its grammar-checking roots. The company has announced the launch of several specialized AI "agents" and a new writing tool called Grammarly Docs, designed to help students and professionals with everything from drafting essays to polishing workplace emails. It's another example of generative AI expanding beyond general-purpose chatbots like ChatGPT and Gemini into more specialized domains. Other examples of gen AI in educational circles include Google's NotebookLM

Gamescom 2025 Opening Night Live: Black Myth Wukong Sequel, Resident Evil 9 and More

Europe's major gaming event of the year, Gamescom 2025, has kicked off in Cologne, Germany, with Opening Night Live, an extensive trailer showcase giving early looks at the biggest games coming later this year and into 2026. Last year's Gamescom 2024 Opening Night Live had a ton of reveals, including Mafia: The Old Country and trailers for then-upcoming games like Marvel Rivals, Dune Awakening and more. This year's showcase had some big reveals and some tantalizingly short teases -- like around

Meta's AI voice translation feature rolls out globally

On Tuesday, Meta rolled out its new voice dubbing feature globally. The Reels feature uses generative AI to translate your voice, with optional lip-syncing. Mark Zuckerberg first previewed the feature at Meta Connect 2024. At launch, the translations are only available for English to Spanish (and vice versa). The company says more languages will arrive later. At least at first, it's restricted to Facebook creators with 1,000+ followers. However, anyone with a public Instagram account can use it